Psychological Maltreatment of Partners

Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Andersen, Susan M.; Strasser, Tracey J.; Boulette, Teresa Ramirez

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4171-4_16

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“…Some forms of psychological IPV experienced by the male victims of this study included being controlled, threatened, insulted, humiliated, demeaned, called derogatory names, made to feel bad, and limited contact with children. Besides, the stories of some of the male victim’s alluded to their experiences of being controlled and dominated by their female partners, especially with Respondents A, G, H, L, M, N, O, and P. These experiences have also been cited as some of the core motivations for male perpetrators of psychological violence (Houry et al, 2008; Johnson, 1995; Johnson & Ferrero, 2000; Schwartz, 2000).…”

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Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Canada: A Qualitative Study

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2020

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The concept of intimate partner violence (IPV) implies gender-neutrality in the experiences of violence. Gender symmetry in IPV implies similar numbers of men and women victims. Data from the 2014 Canadian General Social Survey (Victimization) indicate that 262,267 men and 159,829 women were victims of self-reported spousal violence over the past 5 years. Despite the prevailing notion that IPV predominantly affects female victims, these data suggest that men too are victims of IPV, especially in heterosexual relationships. However, very few qualitative studies have shed light on heterosexual male victims’ experiences of IPV. This article describes some of these experiences and also seeks to understand the effects of IPV on male victims. Qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 male victims of IPV were used to explore their experience of physical IPV and psychological IPV, as well as the consequences of such abuse. Results revealed common themes pertaining to the type of abuses (i.e., physical, controlling and threatening behaviours, and verbal abuse) male victims experienced and the subsequent physical and psychological impacts. This study identifies the need to distinguish between physically and psychologically abused male victims of IPV.

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Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Canada: A Qualitative Study

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2020

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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“…(United Nations, 1993) Although physical violence seems to be a primary focus of both research and practice, definitions of domestic violence also include sexual violence, threats of physical or sexual violence, and emotional or psychological abuse (Saltzman, Fanslow, McMahon, & Shelley, 1999). Psychological abuse plays a key role because it both predicts and coexists with almost all forms of domestic violence (Marshall, 1996;Schwartz, Andersen, Strasser, & Boulette, 2000;Tolman, 1999). Male abusers use a wide range of strategies to humiliate and control their partners and reduce resistance, and it is this aspect of intimate violence that makes it difficult for the women to leave (Schwartz et al, 2000;Seaver, 1996).…”

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“…Psychological abuse plays a key role because it both predicts and coexists with almost all forms of domestic violence (Marshall, 1996;Schwartz, Andersen, Strasser, & Boulette, 2000;Tolman, 1999). Male abusers use a wide range of strategies to humiliate and control their partners and reduce resistance, and it is this aspect of intimate violence that makes it difficult for the women to leave (Schwartz et al, 2000;Seaver, 1996). Harris (1996) noted that these power and control dynamics are the same in older couples as in younger couples.…”

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Responding to the Needs of Older Women Experiencing Domestic Violence

Straka

Montminy

2006

Violence Against Women

130

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Older women experiencing domestic violence are an invisible group who fall into the gap between two forms of family violence: elder abuse and domestic violence. This article reviews the literature in both fields, describing each paradigm, how it explains and responds to its specific form of violence, and why neither has been able to provide an adequate response to domestic violence against older women. A collaborative response is needed, accounting for both the age and gender dimensions of the problem.

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Development and Validation of a Tool to Improve Physician Identification of Elder Abuse: The Elder Abuse Suspicion Index (EASI)©

Yaffe⃰

Wolfson

Lithwick

et al. 2008

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

170

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This study aimed to develop and validate a brief tool for physician use to improve suspicion about the presence or absence of elder abuse. A literature review on elder abuse, obstacles to its identification, limitations of detection tools, and characteristics of screeners employed by physicians were used to generate elder abuse detection questions for critique by 31 doctors, nurses, and social workers in focus groups. Six resulting questions became the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index (EASI) administered by 104 family doctors to 953 cognitively intact seniors in ambulatory-care settings. Findings were compared to a recognized, detailed elder abuse Social Work Evaluation (SWE) later administered to participants by social workers blinded to the results of the EASI. The EASI had an estimated sensitivity and specificity of 0.47 and 0.75, usually took less than 2 minutes to ask, and 97.2% of doctors felt it would have some or big practice impact. This research is a first phase in the development and validation of a user-friendly tool that might sensitize physicians to elder abuse and promote referrals of possible victims for in-depth assessment by specialized professionals.

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Psychological Maltreatment of Partners

Cited by 6 publications

References 63 publications

Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Canada: A Qualitative Study

Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Canada: A Qualitative Study

Responding to the Needs of Older Women Experiencing Domestic Violence

Development and Validation of a Tool to Improve Physician Identification of Elder Abuse: The Elder Abuse Suspicion Index (EASI)©

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